Extension-bedstead.



No. 7||,55|. Patented Oct. 2|, I902.

B. L. BETTS.

EXTENSION BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed m 20. 1902.

(N6 Model.)

Witnesses UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROGER LEE B ETTS, OF DOUBLE SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI.

EX'l'ENSlON-BEDSTEAD SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.711,551, dated October 21, 1902.

Application filed May 20, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROGER LEE BETTs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Double Springs, in the countyof Oktibbeha, State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlilxtension-Bedsteads; and'I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to extension-bed steads; and it has for itsobject to provide a bedstead which may be converted from a double to asingle bedstead, or vice versa, at will.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction whereinthe parts will be held securely in their different positions and whichconstruction will be strong, cheap, and durable.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the bedstead in its single form.Fig. 2 is .a

horizontal section through the headboard and showing the latterextended. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the bedstead in itssingle form and showing one of the slats in elevation. Fig. 4E isadetail sectional view similar to Fig. 2 and including the slottedplates. Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of portions of the headboard,showing the hooks for engagement with the posts.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a bedstead, including aheadboard, a footboard, side rails, and slats. The headboard comprisesthe posts 5 and 6, to each of which is secured a headboard-section 7 and8, respectively, these headboard-sections being arranged in differentvertical planes, so that one may slide behind the other. Transversely ofthe section 7 are upper and lower slots 9 and 10, while transversely ofthe section 8 are the slots 11 and 12, the slots 9 and 11 being arrangedto register, as also the slots 10 and 12. On the end of the section 7farthest from the post 5 are pivoted hooks 13, while on thecorresponding end of the section 8 are pivoted hooks 14 for a purpose tobe into disengaged positions.

Serial no. 108,216. (No model.)

bring the posts 5 and 6 into close relation, and

to hold the posts in such close relation sockets 17 and 18 are formed inthe posts and are provided with keepers 19 and 20 for engagement by thehooksabove referred to.

There are hooks at both the upper and lower portions of the innerendsofthe sections 7 and 8, so that displacement of the posts is positivelyprevented, while when the headboard is to be broadened the posts may bedrawn apart after the hooks have been swung The footboard 21 of thebedstead has the same construction as the headboard, so that a specificdescription of this is not required, and connecting the correspondingposts of the head and foot board are the side rails 21' and 22, whichmove with the connected sections of the head and foot boardstoward andaway from each other.

Slats are provided for the bedstead, and each comprises two sections 23and 24, connected by means of a hinge 25. When the side rails of thebedstead are in close relation, as when the bed is in its single form,one

section of each slat is folded upon the other j section, and the slatsin their folded forms are disposed upon the usual supports on the innerfaces of the side rails. When the side rails are moved apart to theirlimit, the hinged sections may be swung interposition to aline and maythen be arranged each with a free end upon a corresponding slat-rest.

With this construction it will be seen that a single bed or a double bedmay be had and that when the parts are 'in the single form they are heldby the hooks against displacement, while when in the double form theyare held in proper spaced relation by the slats, and as additionalsupports for the bottoms of the sections of the head and foot board whenthe bedstead is in its single form brackets 25 are attached to the innersides of the posts of the head and foot board and which brackets receivethe ends of the sections.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may bemade, and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for thevarious parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is- An extensible bedstead comprising head and footboards each including a post having a board-section attached thereto andhaving transverse alining-slots, bolts engaged with each board-sectionand slidably engaged in the slots of the other board-section, hooks atthe inner end of each board-section, keepers on the posts for engagementby the hooks, and side rails connecting the corresponding posts of thehead and foot boards.

2. An extensible bedstead comprising head and foot boards each includinga post having a board-section attached thereto and having transversea1ining-slots, bolts engaged with each board-section and slidablyengaged in the slots of the other board-section, hooks at the inner endof each board-section, keepers on the posts for engagement by the hooks,side rails connecting the corresponding posts of the head and footboards, slat-rests carried by the side rails and slats each consistingof two sections hinged together and adapted to aline or to lie one uponthe other, said sections being adapted to lie with their free ends uponthe slat-rests when the side rails are spaced to their limit and to liewith one section upon both rests when the side rails are in closerelation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROGER LEE BETTS.

Witnesses:

W. H. MILLER, MOD. MCILWAIN.

